(b) Zonal level ? There are 16 Zonal Railways. Each Zonal Railway is headed by one Chief Medical Director (CMD) with Chief Health Directors in some Zones and 2 to 3 Dy.CMDs assisted by few Group ?B? officers.

(c) Divisional level ? Mostly headed by Chief Medical Superintendents. In some places Sr. Medical Superintendents are working as in-charge.

In addition Approx. 1000 Senior Residents/Junior Residents, House Officers, etc are working

over Indian Railways

B. Other Medical Officers working in various Rly Hospitals

B.1. Visitingspecialists: Total as available 575

Maximum Number of Honorary Visiting Specialists that can be engaged

Names of Railway Hospitals

Maximum number that can be engaged

1.1 For Central Hospitals of C.Rly., E.Rly, N.Rly.,

S.Rly.,S.ERly. & W.Rly.

15X6 = 90

15 Nos. in each of the Hospital

1.2. For Central Hospitals of N.ERailway, N.F. Railway

& S.C.Railway. -

10X3 = 30

10 Nos. in each of the Hospital

1.3. For Central Hospitals for Newly formed Zones

E.C.Rly., ECo.Rly.,N.C.Rly.,N.W.Rly., S.E.C. Rly.

, S. W.Rly. & W.C.Rly.

10X7= 70

10 Nos. in each of the Hospital

1.4. Ten Number of Major/Special Railway Hospitals

6X10=60

1.C.Rly.Hospital - Nagpur.

2. C.Rly Hospital - Bhusawal.

3. E.Rly.Hospital - Asansol.

4. N.Rly.Hospital - CharbaghL,ucknow

5. N.C.Rly.Hospital - Jhansi.

6. N.E.Rly.Hospital ? CRI/Varanasi.

7. N.W.Rly.Hospital,.Ajmer..

8. S.Rly.Hospital - Tiruchirapally.

9. S.C.Rly.Hospital - Vijaywada.

10.S.E.Rly. Hospital - Kharagpur.

6 Nos in each of the Hospital

1.5. 43 Nos. of Divisional Hospitals

4X43=172

4 Nos in each of the Hospital.

(List of 43 Divisional Hospitals enclosed at Annexure- ’A’) Available under Folder ?Circulars?

1.6. 30 balance number of Sub-Divisional/Production Units

3X30=90

Workshop based Hospitals/Extra Divisional Hospitals (There are in total 53 such hospitals, out of which, Order for 21X3 such hospitals have been issued.

For 2 hospitals it is not recommended at present.) 3 in each of these Hospitals .
( List of 30 number of above such Hospitals is given in Annexure ’8’) Available under Folder ?Circulars?

Total= 512 +63

2. These will replace the existing Honorary Consultants. Tenure of these Consultants should not be extended if a Honorary Visiting specialist is being taken in lieu.

With the implementation of this scheme, the Honorary VisitingSpecialists will be giving consultations & performing operations and other advice as required. They would be performing operations also in the Railway Hospitals, and those cases which require referral and the condition of that patient is such that it is manageable during operation and post operative period in that Railway Hospital, will not be referred to Private/Govt. hospitals, for the specialty for which visiting specialists are available in that Railway Hospital. It is further clarified that few high risk patients will still be required to be referred to higher medical Centres

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